Kael had crashed a royal wedding with better planning than this.
A high-pitched scream came from down the cave.
The good news: his dark mage's magic had found her. The bad news: so had dark fae, a cavern with no visible exit, and no return address. Every choice he'd made in the last hour had been objectively terrible and he was going to keep making them.
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Consciousness returned like a slap. She gasped, choked, and she fell forward, her hands hitting cold stone. She was on the ground. In a cave. Alone.
Not alone.
Demon-insect things were looking at her like she was dinner. Their appearance alone told her everything she needed to know.
She pushed herself up and ran.
It was a labyrinth of dead ends with no light, outside of crystals. She knew they were trying to trap her. The thought was unhelpful and wouldn't leave.
That's when everything started to feel small. The walls were too close and the ceiling too low.
